HP Pavilion zt3000

Introduction

This is a guide to running Linux with the HP Pavilion zt3000 laptop.

This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which modules you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required modules have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.

Notes

ATI/AMD's proprietary fglrx driver has dropped support for the Radeon 9000. However, the open-source radeon driver has full 2D and 3D support.
The CPU is PAE-capable, but doesn't show the PAE flag, which means you will need to install a distribution with a kernel that doesn´t require PAE (such as Linux Mint Debian Edition) or patch /proc/cpuinfo to include the pae flag at each boot. Lubuntu installation images that include this functionality are available at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/grub-n-iso.

Summary

It is recommended to use a Linux distribution with kernel version 2.6.16 or greater. Everything should work out of the box.

A no-go with Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop/live CD, something about a non-pae CPU for this particular kernel. Perhaps a slightly earlier version of Ubuntu or Lubuntu then an upgrade.

Anon, 2011/05/05 02:34

fglrx module is difficult to install, it supports the graphics chipset only in older versions of the module (which only support a older version of the kernel), radeon driver is more up to date according to what I read.

Wes, 2008/09/24 17:20

It works…

The Firewire and PCMCIA all work out-of-the-box. The modem also works with some configuration, it's a winmodem.

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